INST 734
Information Retrieval Systems
Fall 2015
Module 2: Monday September 7 to Sunday September 13

This module takes us through the process of getting from a collection of text documents to the inverted index that we will use in the next module as a basis for ranked retrieval. The module is designed to be completed in 12 hours over 7 days. As with every module, you must complete all components of this module by midnight on the evening of the indicated end date for the module (in this case, Sunday, September 13).

Module Checklist

The recommended order for completing the activities in this module is:
  1. View the introductory video for this module.
  2. Read Chapter 4 of our CMS textbook.
  3. View the first reading commentary video.
  4. Read the Dong et al. paper.
  5. View the second reading commentary video.
  6. Read Chapter 4 of the Lin and Dyer book.
  7. View the third reading commentary video.
  8. Check ELMS to see if you have an additional reading summary assigned to you this week. If so, complete that summary by midnight Thursday and submit it using ELMS. Be sure to follow the guidance on page 2 of the Example Reading Summary that was provided in Module 1.
  9. View the Character Sets lecture video.
  10. View the Terms as Units of Meaning lecture video.
  11. View the Boolean Retrieval lecture video.
  12. View the Building an Index lecture video.
  13. Read the Lin an Dyer chapter, but you can just skim sections 4.4, 4.5.1 and 4.5.2.
  14. View the third reading commentary video.
  15. On Friday (or later), read the additional reading summaries that were prepared by your classmates this week.
  16. View the Guest Cameo video by Mark Sanderson.
  17. Don't forget to post at least one substantive comment to this module's discussion forum.
  18. Read Exercise E2.
  19. Watch the exercise explanation video for Exercise E2.
  20. Complete Exercise E2 and submit your results using ELMS.
  21. Watch the Project Overview video (6 minutes)
  22. If you want to hear some of the topics in this module presented differently, consider viewing parts of the optional supplementary videos.

Readings

This week we have three reading assignments.

Summaries of Additional Readings

 Additional readings are assigned to five students. All students should read the five summaries once they are posted to ELMS.

Videos

Here are the videos for this module:

Exercise E2

Finally, complete Exercise E2. Like all assignments that you are asked to turn in, this is due at midnight on the last day of the module (which, except for the last module, is always a Sunday night). Note that you are allowed to work with other students on exercises, but you must type in the results yourself (no cut and paste -- see the course description for details).
Doug Oard
Last modified: Thu Dec 14 08:22:23 2017